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As the cricket season dwindles out slowly there is very little to get excited about. With the final weekend coming up in the 50-over league — unless a miracle takes place — St David’s will be the champions for the 2013 cricket season.
The Belco Cup...
DATE: Aug 23, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
There are four new exhibits opening on Friday, August 30 at the Bermuda Society of Arts (BSoA) in City Hall. The Onions Gallery will be exhibiting the annual TrashArt Show, Litter-Arti 2013, where featured artists will use discarded trash to create t...
DATE: Aug 22, 2013
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Nothing to do in Bermuda?
Willard Van Orman Quine was a philosopher of the analytic tradition (meaning he applied empirical logic — science — to his thinking). Quine was associated with Harvard University, first as a student and then as faculty in philosophy. He wrote several...
DATE: Aug 20, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Philip Brownell
There’s a constriction in my throat and slight palpitations in my chest, but no fear, it’s just the gentle simmer of nerves. For better or worse, this coming Thursday and Friday I am participating in Hilarity for Charity’s ‘Improvised Comedy Cup Matc...
DATE: Aug 20, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
I recently watched an online video commentary by Brian Wesbury at First Trust on basic economics (links to the videos below). What struck me about these pieces was their elegant simplicity in summarising what many would consider complex economic aspe...
DATE: Aug 19, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
Should you be watching your investment portfolio? Reuters and several other business media reported last week that the S&P market index was less than a percentage point away from its all–time high. Even with that assessment, trading market volume is ...
DATE: Aug 17, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Much like the anglers themselves, the fish seem to take a break when the heat is on. And mid-August is that time of the year.
Even though the weather has been good enough to allow boats to venture offshore, the pickings have been mighty slim and thi...
DATE: Aug 17, 2013
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Tight Lines
The new Premier League season kicks off today and I, like millions around the world, cannot wait for the action to begin.
I will be sitting in front of the TV at 8.45am for the first match, Liverpool versus Stoke City, before the 11 o’clock fixtures...
DATE: Aug 17, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Clyde Best
You haven’t experienced a glitter explosion until you’ve turned your back on a five-year-old and an art spinner. If you don’t know what an art spinner is, you probably need one in your life. You pop some paper into a spinning wheel, set it in motion,...
DATE: Aug 16, 2013
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Catherine Burns
These are the dog days of summer when the heat and humidity tends to get to us all. So I wasn’t too surprised when one astute reader drew me up on my pointed comments last week over the difference between full-time and part-time cabinet ministers.
E...
DATE: Aug 16, 2013
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
John Barritt
